Alabama gubernatorial election, 2006

Infobox Election
election_name = Alabama gubernatorial election, 2006
country = Alabama
type = presidential
ongoing = no
previous_election = Alabama gubernatorial election, 2002
previous_year = 2002
next_election = Alabama gubernatorial election, 2010
next_year = 2010
election_date = November 7 2006


nominee1 = Bob Riley
party1 = Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1 = 718,327
percentage1 = 57.4%


nominee2 = Lucy Baxley
party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2 = 519,827
percentage2 = 41.6%
map_

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map_size = 200px
map_caption = Election results by county
title = Governor
before_election = Bob Riley
before_party = Republican Party (United States)
after_election = Bob Riley
after_party = Republican Party (United States)

The Alabama gubernatorial election of 2006 occurred November 7, 2006, the primary occurred on June 6, 2006. [http://www.sos.state.al.us/election/2006/index.aspx] Incumbent Republican Bob Riley defeated Democratic Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley.

Candidates

Democrats

* Lucy Baxley, the Lieutenant Governor and former State Treasurer, won the June 6 Democratic primary with approximately 60% of the primary votes. She defeated Don Siegelman, former Governor & Lieutenant Governor, who conceded with approximately 35% of the primary votes. Other Democratic primary candidates Joe Copeland, Nathan Mathis, James Potts, Katherine Mack, and Harry Lyon all received less than 1% of votes.

Republicans

* Bob Riley, the Incumbent Governor, won the June 6 Republican primary with approximately 65% of the primary votes. He defeated former Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who conceded with approximately 35% of the primary votes.

Others

* Loretta Nall (Libertarian/Marijuana Party) - Founder, US Marijuana Party. She did not collect enough signatures through her petitioning efforts to appear on the ballot under Alabama's ballot access laws, and campaigned as a write-in candidate.
* Nathan Mathis (Independent) - Ex-State Rep., Ex-Democrat & 2002 State Agriculture Commissioner Candidate
* Michael A. Polemeni (Independent/Write-In) - Huntsville/Madison County Chapter President of Alabama Family Rights Association. Polemeni campaigned for shared parenting as the default custody arrangement in divorce cases.

General Election Results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = Bob Riley (incumbent)
votes = 718,327
percentage = 57.4
change = +8.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Lucy Baxley
votes = 519,827
percentage = 41.6
change = -7.4Election box candidate
party =
candidate = Write-ins
votes = 12,247
percentage = 1.0
change = +0.8Election box majority
votes = 198,500
percentage = 15.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,250,401
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Republican Party (US)
loser =
swing =

Polling

General Election

Primary Results

{| class="wikitable" width=350px
- bgcolor=lightgrey
Colspan="2" align="center" | Republican
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Roy Moore - 35%
Bob Riley - 65%
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ee also

*U.S. gubernatorial elections, 2006
*State of Alabama
*Governors of Alabama

External links

Government

* [http://www.sos.state.al.us/election/2006/index.aspx Alabama Secretary of State 2006 Election Information]
* [http://www.governor.state.al.us Office of the Governor]

Candidates

* [http://www.bobrileyforgovernor.com/ Riley's Campaign Website]
* [http://nallforgovernor.com/ Nall's Campaign Website]

Former Candidates

* [http://www.siegelman2006.com/ Don Siegelman for Governor]
* [http://www.weneedmoore.com/index.php Roy Moore for Governor]

ee also